Webinar Recordings – Earthquake Resilience: Lessons from the 2016 Central Italy Earthquake Sequence
This webinar was supported with funding under a cooperative agreement (EMW-2016- CA-00091) with FEMA/U.S. Department of Homeland Security. GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF GROUND MOTIONS AND DAMAGE, PAOLO ZIMMARO, UCLA Download Presentation Slides (PDF) RETROFIT AND RETROFIT POLICY, SILVIA MAZZONI, UC BERKELEY Download Presentation Slides (PDF) CASE STUDIES OF CRITICAL FACILITIES, CARMINE GALASSO, UCL […]
Early Response
The Italian Red Cross have been supporting the early response effort by providing search and rescue assistance, first aid, and mobile kitchens. Per ARRL (National Association for Amateur Radio), Italian radio amateurs have been assisting in the response. According to CNN, more than 2,100 Italians are living in makeshift camps. The civil protection agency is actively looking for […]
SEAOC Safety Assessment Program Comparisons with EU and Japan Programs
Representatives from Spain, Portugal, Germany, Romania, Slovenia, Greece, Turkey, U.S. and Japan participated with Italians in the exercise. During that week, Italy’s Civil Protection Department was beginning to conduct AeDES safety assessment surveys of buildings inside the Red Zone, area of downtown L’Aquila that the Mayor had decided to restrict public access until such time […]
Basic Earthquake Information
Shaking felt in Rome, but no damage reported there 26 cities and towns reporting damage over 230 square miles as of Noon PDT 4/9/09. 283 officially declared dead and 1000+ estimated injured, and 10 still missing as of Noon PDT 4/9/09. 100 of the injured are in critical condition. 500 injured were treated in hospitals. St. Salvatore […]
Community Education & Evacuation Planning Saved Lives
Community Education and Evacuation Planning Saved Lives in Sept. 29 Samoan Tsunami, Researchers Say Community-based education and awareness programs minimized the death toll from the recent Samoan tsunami, though there are still ways to improve the warning and evacuation process, according to a team of researchers that traveled to Samoa last month. The team, funded […]
Padang Fire Department and Early Search and Rescue Operations
The Fire Department had practiced a preparedness drill in February, 2009 that improved performance in the 9/30 and 10/1 earthquakes. The training for preparedness included all city agencies and proved quite effective. The City of Padang now has a new form of preparedness planning under the BPPD (City Planning Department). The Fire Department is the […]
MCEER-AIDG Coordinate with UN on Haiti Earthquake Engineering Relief Mission
Read the Press Release: MCEER-AIDG Coordinate with UN on Haiti Earthquake Engineering Relief Mission (189 kB PDF)
Reconstruction Information and Resources
This website showcases severely damaged reinforced high-rises in Santiago: CIPER – Centro de Investigacion e Informacion Periodistica This site offers specifications that guide the reconstruction of damaged homes: Chile Government: Serviu Region Del Maule The site presents the Chilean emergency reconstruction program: Ministry of Housing and Urbanity, Government of Chile
Chile Recovers From 2010 M8.8 Earthquake
Read the Report: Chile Recovers From 2010 M8.8 Earthquake (1.0 MB PDF) For further updates from MRP Engineering of the recovery in Chile please visit the MRP website
Present Status of Earthquake Preparedness Activities in Chile
Read the Report: Present Status of Earthquake Preparedness Activities in Chile (18 MB PDF)